ELTHAMbookshop
The
sixth annual Past Matters 2011
culture, history, family, memory, reconciliation….
May 27th - 28th
Please
join leading writers, poets and thinkers in celebrating Indigenous
writing, poetry and book launches at The Barn, Montsalvat, Eltham
Presented
by Nillumbik Reconciliation Group, ELTHAMbookshop,
Australian Indigenous Studies in the Faculty of Arts, University of
Melbourne, Montsalvat and leading publishers.
The programme
is below and it is our hope that you will attend and encourage friends,
family and colleagues to participate in this unique festival
Website:
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~nrgp/index_files/events.html
From
Tudor Bostoc of Doreen who attended Past Matters 2010
"...Of
the various stories told by both black and white, there was much with which
the listener could readily identify. This single feature
underlay a central point of the meeting, which was the importance of people
talking and listening to each other, and making the effort to understand an
alternative or another point of view...I congratulate the
organisers on their prescience, and remain grateful to the presenters for
their generosity in making themselves available in this way. I
hope there will be many more such meetings."
Anna Lanyon's Fire and Song Book Launch at the ILAS Symposium
Sunday May 15,1-5pm La Trobe City Campus
215 FRANKLIN ST CITY (opposite Vic. Market)
Luis
de Carvajal’s forbears fled the Inquisition in
Spain
to the
New
World
.
But the lives they try to rebuild in
Mexico
are just as perilous, for the Inquisition is determined to root out
heretics. Luis's quest for true faith unfolds a tense and moving narrative
as his spirit and ingenuity are constantly tested.
Fire and Song presents a
world without the human rights and tolerance we take for granted today; yet
the insights remain all too pertinent - into the power of faith, the tangled
knot of religious and political interests, and human yearning for identity,
belonging and spirituality.
The
La Trobe University Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS)
is
holding a half day symposium to celebrate the launch of Research Fellow Anna
Lanyon’s
latest book
Fire
and Song: The story of Luis de Carvajal
and the Mexican Inquisition.
This
is Ms
Lanyon’s
third historical book, her first was the award winning Malinche’s
Conquest,
which received critical acclaim and was widely translated. Her new book
continues with the theme of her previous two by exploring events that
occurred in
Mexico
during the sixteenth century.
Speakers
at the symposium, ‘After 1492: The Spanish-Jewish Diaspora in Greece, the
Mediterranean and the Americas’, will include fellow ILAS members,
Professor Barry Carr, Dr Heidi Zogbaum and
Director Dr Ralph Newmark. They will address
Ladino Diaspora in a historical and contemporary context.
The
ILAS
is
Australia
’s
first and
Victoria
’s
only academic centre dedicated to researching and understanding
Latin
America
and run through the History Program at La
Trobe University.
Date:
Sunday, May 15th
Time:
1.00pm-5.00pm
Venue:
La
Trobe
University
City Campus
215
FRANKLIN ST
CITY (opposite Vic. Market)
Remember
there is no need to book or RSVP – simply come along and enjoy the
experience
The
afternoon includes refreshments and live music with AnaMaria
Ducasse
ELTHAMbookshop
is
privileged to support the ILAS
symposium with a table of books for sale and
signing.
ELTHAMbookshop@bigpond.com
970 Main Road Eltham
9439 8700
